1791: John Lee Archer born in Kent.
Trained as an architect and engineer.
1826: Applied for job as colonial architect of Van Diemens Land.
1827: Arrives in Hobart. John Lee Archer was civil engineer and colonial architect from 1827-1838.
1833: Marries a local girl. They build a house in Newtown called Jutland.
1838: Sir John Franklin arrives and Archer sent to Stanley; Police magistrate.
John Lee Archer built:
Hobart’s Parliament House. Completed 1838.
St George’s Anglican Church in Battery Point.
St John’s Church in Newtown.
Ordnance Storers on Castray Esplanade.
Female Factory at Cascades.
Cape Bruny Lighthouse.
The Ross Bridge.
Canteen and Drill Hall at Anglesea Barracks.
Bridgewater Causeway.
Willow Court in New Norfolk.
The Penitentiary Chapel.
Trained as an architect and engineer.
1826: Applied for job as colonial architect of Van Diemens Land.
1827: Arrives in Hobart. John Lee Archer was civil engineer and colonial architect from 1827-1838.
1833: Marries a local girl. They build a house in Newtown called Jutland.
1838: Sir John Franklin arrives and Archer sent to Stanley; Police magistrate.
John Lee Archer built:
Hobart’s Parliament House. Completed 1838.
St George’s Anglican Church in Battery Point.
St John’s Church in Newtown.
Ordnance Storers on Castray Esplanade.
Female Factory at Cascades.
Cape Bruny Lighthouse.
The Ross Bridge.
Canteen and Drill Hall at Anglesea Barracks.
Bridgewater Causeway.
Willow Court in New Norfolk.
The Penitentiary Chapel.